What is CCNA

The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is entry level certification program offered by Cisco Systems. CCNA certification tests the skill sets of a network engineer in various domains. Earlier there was only a Routing & Switching module but these days with the technology growing extremely fast there are variants of the CCNA depending on the interest of the engineer. Below are the current CCNA certifications that are active.

In this module we will cover CCNA Routing and Switching. The Cisco CCNA R&S tests the knowledge for an engineer and certifies him on his skill set of being able to install, configure and troubleshoot the small to medium size routing and switching network.

Having being certified with a CCNA gives the candidate an upper hand in the interview and with the skills and certification the employer would definitely choose a CCNA over a normal engineer.

The current CCNA as of December 2015 has two options. You can write either one exam i.e.: